I have them all - from the 7G605 all the way through the last version of the 7000, except the military version. They all still work. As Zenith said, "The quality goes in before the name goes on". If needed parts are still available. I wonder how many of the current SWL radios will still be working in 75 years.

Can anyone identify the narrator on that? Sounds really familiar, but I can't place it. William Conrad, maybe?

I spend a LOT of time listening to classic radio programs on XM (channel 82)and I would go with that being William Conrad. Googling 'William Conrad Zenith Commercial' seems to indicate consensus on the matter.

I still have my working Transoceanic 1000 inherited from my father back in the 1960s. As far as I was concerned back then, it was the "only" radio to own. I still remember taking it up north when duck hunting and searching for stations at the cabin.

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